The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, Together with the Cancelling System : Forming a Complete Mercantile Arithmetic |
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| Title | The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, Together with the Cancelling System : Forming a Complete Mercantile Arithmetic |
| Author | Benjamin Greenleaf |
| Publisher | Robert S. Davis & Company, 1852 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jun 21, 2006 |
| Length | 360 pages |
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